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Armenia Power Struggle Intensifies Before Elections
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Armenia Power Struggle Intensifies Before Elections

21 October 2025
Tensions are mounting in Armenia ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections, with the nation’s future hanging in the balance. Despite the excitement surrounding the Trump-brokered Washington Declaration in August, it is unclear whether it can overcome the lingering division that set in after defeat by Azerbaijan in the 44-day war. Recent surveys have shown a slight majority against the proposed TRIPP.
Onnik James Krikorian
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The restoration of all regional communications is the only viable path to lasting peace in the South Caucasus
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The restoration of all regional communications is the only viable path to lasting peace in the South Caucasus

16 October 2025
Will the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) set to connect Azerbaijan with Nakhijevan and Türkiye via Armenia help establish lasting peace and prosperity for all?  Interestingly, if the Washington Declaration speaks about restoration of all communications, with reciprocal benefits for Armenia, the spotlight has been about the TRIPP and only about it. This oversight misses a vital point necessary for lasting peace and stability in the region.
Benyamin Poghosyan

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Russian political expert: Karabakh conflict may grow into military actions only in case of big Iranian war
Russian political expert: Karabakh conflict may grow into military actions only in case of big Iranian war
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Russian political expert: Karabakh conflict may grow into military actions only in case of big Iranian war

20 October 2012
Resumption of military actions in the Karabakh conflict zone is possible only if U.S. unleashes large-scale Iranian war, Vladimir Zakharov, Director of the Institute of Political Studies of the Black Sea and Caspian Region, told ArmInfo.
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US Deputy Assistant Secretary believes that it is highly important to continue Nagorno-Karabakh peace talks
US Deputy Assistant Secretary believes that it is highly important to continue Nagorno-Karabakh peace talks
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US Deputy Assistant Secretary believes that it is highly important to continue Nagorno-Karabakh peace talks

19 October 2012
Today it is important to continue the Nagorno-Karabakh peace talks as never before, Eric Rubin, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, told journalists in Yerevan on Thursday.
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Expert: Azerbaijan scares of the role of foothold for attacking Iran and is trying to distance from the West
Expert: Azerbaijan scares of the role of foothold for attacking Iran and is trying to distance from the West
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Expert: Azerbaijan scares of the role of foothold for attacking Iran and is trying to distance from the West

19 October 2012
Azerbaijan scares of the role of foothold for attacking Iran and is trying to distance from the West, political expert, Sarkis Asatryan, said at today's press-conference.
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Expert: Azerbaijan's military budget growth connected with money laundering in defense sector
Expert: Azerbaijan's military budget growth connected with money laundering in defense sector
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Expert: Azerbaijan's military budget growth connected with money laundering in defense sector

19 October 2012
The growth of the military budget of Azerbaijan is connected with large- scale money laundering in the defense sector of that country, Sargis Asatryan, an expert on Azerbaijan, told media in Yerevan, Thursday.
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French senator's report on extradition and pardoning of Ramil Safarov is entitled "Hungary has shortage of freedom, human rights and European values"
French senator's report on extradition and pardoning of Ramil Safarov is entitled "Hungary has shortage of freedom, human rights and European values"
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French senator's report on extradition and pardoning of Ramil Safarov is entitled "Hungary has shortage of freedom, human rights and European values"

19 October 2012
Speaker of the Armenian parliament Hovik Abrahamyan received today French Senator, mayor of Bourg-les-Valence, Bernard Piras. As press-service of the Armenian parliament reported, Abrahamyan highly appreciated the current level of the Armenian-French relations.
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Defense Minister of Italy: Resolution of Karabakh conflict is of strategic importance for security of Europe
Defense Minister of Italy: Resolution of Karabakh conflict is of strategic importance for security of Europe
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Defense Minister of Italy: Resolution of Karabakh conflict is of strategic importance for security of Europe

19 October 2012
Resolution of the Karabakh conflict is of strategic importance for security of Europe, Defense Minister of Italy, Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola, told media in Yerevan, Wednesday.
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On Capitol Hill representatives of Hay Dut raise issue of necessity of official recognition of Nagornyy Karabakh by the USA
On Capitol Hill representatives of Hay Dut raise issue of necessity of official recognition of Nagornyy Karabakh by the USA
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On Capitol Hill representatives of Hay Dut raise issue of necessity of official recognition of Nagornyy Karabakh by the USA

19 October 2012
On Capitol Hill representatives of the American office of Hay Dut met with members of the American Congress and raised several issues, which the Armenian community of the USA worries about.
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